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I don't know, but just speaking empirically I usually don't feel like doing things that are "productive" (side projects, working out, etc) after work I'm sure

• nradov 7y ago
  Motivation is mostly bunk and tends to fall off quickly. It's more important to build discipline through good habits. Force yourself to exercise daily for a few weeks no matter how tired you are or how miserable it makes you. After a while it just becomes automatic and you stop having to think about it. You might not feel like brushing your teeth every day but you still do it, right? Same thing.
  • riversflow 7y ago
    At the risk of making myself seem untrainable, this doesn’t work for me. I can have a habit and break it by accident, but I always manage to say physically fit. This “motivation is mostly bunk” is about the worst advice you could give some like me. The main reason I stay fit is philosophical, or at least a remnant of my philosophy studies. Often the words of Socrates burn in my head; always a source of motivation. “No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.”